Lahore, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): The position of the river inflows/outflows and the reservoirs levels today is as under: Rivers Inflows Outflows Remarks (In Cusecs) (In Cusecs) Indus at Tarbela 131800 162500 Mean flows of 24 hours Kabul At Nowshera 72500 72500 Mean Flows of 24 hrs. Jhelum at Mangla 52000 29400 Mean flows of [...]
Islamabad, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): An expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades threatens South Asia’s dense urban populations with extreme heat, flooding, and disease and could trap millions of people in poverty across the region, according to a new scientific report released today by the World Bank Group. Depicting [...]
Islamabad, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and National Rural Support Program (NRSP) jointly organized an exhibition and seminar on medicinal plants’ value in the rural areas of Swat under the USAID-Entrepreneurs project named “Value Chain Development Project for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP), Swat”. The aim of this project is [...]
Karachi, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Government of Sindh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the first Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report for Sindh in Karachi today. The Report tracks progress toward the achievement of MDGs at the provincial level and compare progress across districts. The MDGs are a set of 8 goals [...]
Lahore, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) has organized ‘Programme Stakeholders Group Meeting’ to discuss and nail down the results and findings of a baseline study reflecting the rundown of technical and vocational education in various districts of KP and FATA. According to the company’s spokesperson, the baseline study was [...]
Karachi, June 19, 2013 (PPI-OT): Most of the small to medium sized rice exporters have closed their units due to unsurmountable problems of load shedding, inferior supply chain, lack of finance facilities,high cost of production, poor infrastructure and lawlessness. President Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) Zulfikar Thaver informed the viewers on a local [...]
Lahore, June 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): The position of the river inflows/outflows and the reservoirs levels today is as under: Rivers Inflows Outflows Remarks (In Cusecs) (In Cusecs) Indus at Tarbela 165500 160000 Mean flows of 24 hours Kabul At Nowshera 94800 94800 Mean Flows of 24 hrs. Jhelum at Mangla 54100 15000 Mean flows of [...]
Lahore, June 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): The National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) won 45th WAPDA Annual Inter-Unit Swimming Championship securing 295 points. Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) bagged second position with 234 points, while Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) stood third in the competition with 233 points. The three-day competition was organised by WAPDA Sports [...]
Karachi, June 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): The four days 5th Independence Day Cup Open Golf Championship 2013 is starting at Defence Authority Country and Golf Club from Thursday, 20th June’ 2013. The coveted tournament is being held from 20th to 23rd June 2013 in which a large number of golfers from all over the country are [...]